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Towards equitable access to medicines for the rural poor: analyses of insurance claims reveal rural pharmacy initiative triggers price competition in Kyrgyzstan

Brenda Waning1*, Jason Maddix1, Yorghos Tripodis2, Richard Laing3, Hubert GM Leufkens4 and Manjusha Gokhale5

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1 Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine; One Boston Medical Center Place, Dowling 5 South, Boston, MA 02118, USA

2 Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics Crosstown, 3rd floor, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118 USA

3 World Health Organization, Department of Policy, Standards, and Medicines CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

4 Utrecht University, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy PO Box 80 082, 3508 TB, Utrecht, the Netherlands

5 Boston University School of Public Health, Data Coordinating Center Crosstown, 3rd floor, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118 USA

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International Journal for Equity in Health 2009, 8:43 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-8-43

Published: 14 December 2009

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Price trends for thirty top-selling medicines. RPI and non-RPI average price comparisons for the thirty top-selling medicines

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